PHOTOGRAPHS

FACING PAGE
Group of Famous War Chiefs[10]
CROW KING, RED CLOUD, AMERICAN HORSE, GALL
The Fort Phil Kearney Fighters[20]
CAPT. W. J. FETTERMAN, LIEUT. G. W. GRUMMOND, CAPT. FREDK. H. BROWN CAPT. JAMES POWELL
Beecher’s Island Fighters[72]
CAPT. LOUIS H. CARPENTER, MAJ. GEORGE A. FORSYTH, LIEUT. FREDK. H. BEECHER, SCOUT JACK STILLWELL
Beecher’s Island Field[80]
Some Officers of the Seventh Cavalry in the Washita Expedition[156]
MAJ. JOEL H. ELLIOTT, CAPT. JAMES M. BELL, CAPT. LOUIS McL. HAMILTON, CAPT. J. W. BENTEEN
Group of Distinguished General Officers[174]
GEN. GEORGE CROOK, GEN. ELWELL S. OTIS, GEN. EUGENE A. CARR, GEN. HENRY B. CARRINGTON
Gen. George Armstrong Custer[220]
Some of Custer’s Officers[238]
CAPT. MYLES MOYLAN, LIEUT. E. A. SMITH, MAJ. MARCUS A. RENO, CAPT. EDWARD S. GODFREY
Some of Custer’s Troop Commanders[248]
CAPT. THOMAS W. CUSTER, CAPT. GEORGE W. YATES, LIEUT. JAMES CALHOUN, CAPT. MILES W. KEOGH
Officers of the Seventh Cavalry[258]
LIEUT. H. M. HARRINGTON, LIEUT. J. E. PORTER, LIEUT. W. VAN W. RILEY, ADJ. W. W. COOK, LIEUT. J. STURGIS, LIEUT. J. J. CRITTENDEN, LIEUT. DONALD McINTOSH, LIEUT. BENJ. HODGSON
Sitting Bull[268]
Some Famous Indian Fighters[326]
GEN. JOHN GIBBON, GEN. WESLEY MERRITT, GEN. NELSON A. MILES, GEN. ALFRED H. TERRY
Group of Distinguished Indian Fighters[340]
COL. RANALD S. MACKENZIE, CAPT. ANSON MILLS, GEN. GUY V. HENRY, F. CODY (BUFFALO BILL)

MAPS AND PLANS

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Fort Phil Kearney[16]
The Fetterman Massacre[27]
Stockade at Fort Phil Kearney[33]
The Wagon-Box Corral on Piney Island[45]
Plan of Magazine at Fort Phil Kearney[63]
Map of Forsyth’s Defense of Beecher’s Island[79]
Map of Marches to Relieve Colonel Forsyth and to Escort General Carr[103]
Positions of Wagons and Soldiers in Beaver Creek Fight[130]
Battle of the Rosebud[197]
Map of Custer’s Defeat on the Little Big Horn[230]
Map Illustrating the Route of the Three Battalions at the Little Big Horn[234]
Plan of Reno’s Defense on the Bluff[247]
Key to Map of Custer Battle-field[287]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

I.The official reports of the Secretary of War, with accompanying documents, very kindly lent to me by the United States Government.
II.Different numbers of the following magazines and journals: Harper’s Weekly; The Century; Scribner’s Monthly; The Chatauquan; McClure’s Magazine; Outdoor Life; Journal of the United States Cavalry Association; Journal of the Military Service Institution.
III.Files of various contemporary newspapers, notably the Chicago Times and the New York Herald.
IV.Various General Histories.
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XXIII.Thrilling Days in Army Life, by Gen. George A. Forsyth, U. S. A. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1902.
XXIV.Twenty Years among our Hostile Indians, by J. Lee Humfreville (late Captain of United States Cavalry). Hunter & Co. New York. 1903.
XXV.United States in our Own Time, The, by E. Benjamin Andrews. Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York. 1903.
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Part I
Protecting the Frontier

CHAPTER ONE
The Powder River Expedition

I. The Field and the Fighters